Hideo Kojima's bullshit comes to lightMany people including David Hayter were shocked at the fact he wouldn't be voicing Snake, but kept Japanese voice actor reprising the role. This shows again how Kojima is a egotistical asshole that only thinks of himself. I am sure the fan outcry is forcing him to reconsider his original decision. I am sure in new months you will see he reaches out to Hayter and brings him back. If I were Hayter, I would tell him to kiss my ass. I like the franchise but cant stand the creator. From how he treats his development team to his not giving credit to his inspiration for the game. Saying it was mere coincidence with resemblance to Escape from New York or Kurt Russell

@IrishGuy It wasn't an April Fools joke because it was announced before April Fools(March 27, 2013). Hayter tweeted it on that day but the announcement came before that date. No one believes it was and this wouldn't be said 20 days later if it was conceived as an AF joke. You should really read these things for yourself instead of looking like sheep.

Source: Gameinfomer.com reported it 4 days before Hayter thanked his fans on April 1st.

Why change Hayter? Seriously... :/ After this long Kojima changes VA in possibly the last MGS game? It makes no sense. I really hope Kojima and David are trolling us. Heck Solid Snake is called David!! Hayter & Snake are perfect for each other.

Well, Kojima said that his reason has something to do with a "fresh start" or something... Meaning, he wanted to start things fresh in every aspect of the game, including its characters. Only thing that doesn't make a lick of sense with that mindset, is that the Japanese VA for Snake is staying the same... So it most likely IS just an elaborate troll. Hopefully... There just isn't anyone else who I can see playing Snake as well as Hayter...

It was the video MGS fans deserve but no one needs right now. So we'll watch it. Because the video can take it. Because Hayter's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. The right Snake.

I want another game about Solid Snake, using the original voice. I don't care if it's another sequel or a bunch of prequels. My interest is in the soldier, who was cloned from big boss, and suffered.

I'm up for a PS4 version of the classic NES game titled Metal Gear. That's a start to win back my interest in the series. MGS V is acceptable but I still want that old snake moreso than a story about Big Boss. That is what I want.

I wasn't aware of the original. Nice info. In general a rerelease of the original story involving Solid Snakes infiltration of Outer Heaven. The beginning...

"The player's character is Solid Snake, a rookie member of the fictional special forces group FOXHOUND sent on his first mission. He is assisted via radio by his commanding officer Big Boss, who offers information about mission objectives and items; as well as a local Resistance movement composed of Schneider, who provides the locations of important items; Diane, who provides information on how to defeat enemy bosses; and Jennifer, who assists Snake as an inside agent. Among the prisoners Snake rescues includes Grey Fox (Gray Fox in the later versions), a FOXHOUND agent who was captured during a previous mission; Dr. Pettrovich (Dr. Pettrovich Madnar in later releases), the scientist who designed the Metal Gear weapon; and his daughter Ellen, who was kidnapped along with him."

I think it's going to be Michael Biehn. He's the one who we thought we were playing from the very beginning because his likeness was portrayed on the front of Metal Gear for NES. He's also an actor and has voiced video games.

You guys got it all wrong... Title is misleading because when he mentions "Look Closer Detectives" he is clearly referring to 24's Jack Bauer character, so in other words its Kiefer Sutherland as "We all knew from the start"

He also did voice in computer animated movies such as "Monsters vs Aliens", "The Wild" and more :)

Still this doesn't mean that Kiefer is the new voice actor for snake... We'll have to just wait and see, although in the gameplay demonstration Kiefer's voice character revealed himself as Ishmael.

What? You mean David Hayter not being in Metal Gear Solid 5 and all this hubbub around it and the attention that it has caused (not to mention the endless petitions) was all just a lie? Why, I am so shocked! However could this have happened?

I doubt that movie constitutes as a computer animated movie, it's mainly hand drawn with touch ups with a computer. When someone says computer animated, they think of something like a pixar movie with 3d models.

Not saying what you said isn't true, knowing Kojima, he might use that technicality as a way to trick people, but don't get your hopes up.